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Pathetic Mental Midget "This topic is about a Beatles cover band, what you are talking about is a different show all together"
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I think even berrios would be fine. Santana coming off would open up one spot anyways.
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He isn't going to replace Mauer in the lineup. The Catcher was a typo/mistake on my part. If he is a current upgrade over Hunter (I think he is) or Rosario (I don't think he is) then that is who he should be compared to.
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Well he isn't going to replace Mauer, and Hicks has a ton of value in the field and on the base paths. Arcia has no value in the field. A more accurate comparison for Arcia now would be Hunter or Sano. There is no reason to compare him to a CF and a C
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I think you keep him for this season, in the off season once you have more roster clarity then you can look into it again. That being said I would trade him or most players if the price was right, I just don't see someone giving good value while his value is so low currently.
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Teams can get creative with the injury exceptions etc, plus if they make the playoffs Santana is suspended again which automatically opens up a spot,also I thought Aug 31st date was only for acquisitions, not for players already on the 40 man.
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Because his value is no where near its high point, I don't mind trading arcia eventually, just don't sell low on him at this moment. Plus injuries can happen at any point, he is young and the Twins can use the depth. If any of hunter, Sano, plouffe, Mayer or Rosario get hurt then a spot opens up for Arcia in RF/LF or DH immediately.
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That would be incredibly ill advised.
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Joe Mauer is a veteran and one of the best pure hitters baseball has seen in the last 10-15 years. Kurt Suzuki is a veteran and by all accounts a "good" guy. Brian Dozier and Plouffe have 1,000+ combined MLB games between them, that makes them somewhat "veterans" It's not exactly 8 rookies under 25 and Torii Hunter that are in the lineup every day. Also, let's not forget some of the leadership Hunter showed in the past with the Twins last group of up and coming players, great hits including: -Trying to punch Justin Morneau in the face (missing and punching Punto instead) -Criticizing Joe Mauer publicly for not playing hurt. He also tried to fight Albert Pujols while he was in LA, but I will call that one a wash
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Not true at all actually. I think his leadership skillz are vastly over-rated, unless you can convince me he is the reason why Milone and Gibson are pitching so well. The way he approaches his at bats are the same they were when he was 24, lots of swinging at bad pitches in hitters counts resulting in outs. Again this is fine, but I'm not going to give him credit for someone like Sano's immediate success in the majors or anything like that. If you want to credit his "dancing" in the clubhouse for the reason of the Twins success or something of that nature, that is fine. I think the Twins success is more due to the starting pitching coming around and timely hitting (along with some great offensive numbers from Sano, Dozier and even Plouffe). People need to stop acting like Torii sacrificed so much to come back to Minnesota, he came back because the Twins offered him 10.5 million dollars. He isn't having a bad year or anything, but his defense is below average, and his bat this year is average. He won't be traded, but it wouldn't be the worst thing in the world to happen since there is a very likely chance that one or both of Buxton and/or Arcia could give you better overall value pretty quickly. However, there is no reason whatsover to bring him back for 2016, unless its a small 2-4 million dollar contract and he agrees to be a platoon RF with Arcia or something of that nature.
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His defense in LF or RF would be so elite that he doesn't need to be a 125 OPS+ guy for his bat to play. We are talking Alex Gordon level elite defense in LF for Hicks, which brings up another point. I think Alex Gordon could be a potential comp for Hicks if his new found "bat" sticks. Jason Heyward is another "comp" if his bat ends up cooling off a bit.
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A lot of the reason for those 33 was because Rosario was out of the lineup due to a LHP on the mound. Lefties absolutely OWN Arcia, so I am not sure you want Arcia taking those at bats anyways. I wouldn't be opposed to a straight Hunter and Arcia platoon in RF, but that isn't going to happen.
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The clearest path for Arcia in the majors is by taking over for Hunter. Which means 2016 is much more likely to be the case (unless there is injury or the Twins trade Hunter)
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May will stay on in the pen indefinitely after the ASG break
DaveW replied to jokin's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
Also, Dozier has the most XBH of anyone in the AL, I don't know how you get more exciting then that. -
Agreed, it's not like they are winning 4-3 games with 4 runs off of 5 well timed hits. Also, I think Sano at DH instead of Nunez/Vargas/Escobar/etc honestly may be worth 3-4 wins the rest of the season.
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I think it's pretty close. Lucroy was a 6.5 WAR player last year (basically what Dozier is on pace for this year) All things being equal I would take Dozier, but I think they are certainly in the same "ball park" value wise. The Brewers really have no reason to trade him at this point, they easily could trade him for great value in another year or two anyways, so it would take a truly amazing package to net him. I just don't see it happening.
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Haha, I assume you are being sarcastic? I'm not really sold on "base runs" at all, according to base runs the Twins should be 10 games below .500 and the 2nd worst team in the entire American league (worse than the dumpster fires that are the Red Sox and Mariners). Now, have the Twins have some luck? Sure, but I have a hard time believing that it has been so much luck that it has taken the 2nd worst team in the league and made them the 2nd best (record wise)
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May will stay on in the pen indefinitely after the ASG break
DaveW replied to jokin's topic in Minnesota Twins Talk
The Twins are on pace for 89 wins, that likely won't put them in the top 2 in the AL, but it SHOULD be enough for a wild card spot, however the margin of error is relatively small. Even the more reason to be critical of the bullpen moving forward. I for one am thrilled, but I want to see this team continue to improve and not only make the playoffs but make a run at winning the whole thing. -
I think Suzuki gets too much grief from fans (myself included), he has looked significantly better at the plate over the last week, so maybe that jump starts him a bit and the 4 days off allows him to rest up. They still need a better back up option IMO, but Fryer has looked solid thus far (SSS for sure)
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I kind of like the idea of bringing in A.J., Suzuki is still the "starter" but the split ends up closer to 60/40 then the 85/15 it currently is. If Suzuki is in a funk/tired, then you have no issue running AJ out for 3-4 games in a row. AJ has always hit RHP pretty damn well and still has some gas left in the tank, he also could make the bench deeper as well as a late inning PH against RHP if need be. Best of all, the price wouldn't be much at all IMO, maybe not as low as a PTBNL, but certainly someone the Twins likely wouldn't miss.
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Some numbers to look at since April 15th (Twins were 1-6 prior and had a negative 29 run differential) Twins record: 48-34 Run differential: +52 Kyle Gibson: 2.53 ERA
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Stewart isn't even close to being written off as a prospect, he is still very raw and it was always known that best case scenario would be him being ready around 2018. I don't see the Twins getting Lucroy, the price would be pretty damn high. For comparisons sake just think of what you would want the Twins to get for Dozier in a trade, and there is a very good chance that LuCroy would cost more than that. You are likely talking Berrios+someone like May and another piece for Lucroy. I'd prefer to take a run at one of the Rockies catchers or Pierzynski.
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Isn't he also only like 23? Having him spend the year in the minors wouldn't be the end of the world IMO.
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Hundley for Pinto and a PTBNL
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The twins are in the middle of a playoff race, they shouldn't be benching superior overall players to get guys like Arcia at bats. The only guy who shouldn't be playing every day is Hunter due to his age, sometimes you take Rosario out against tough LHP, but Arcia sucks against LHP as well. If someone gets hurt, bring him Up, if not, let him mash AAA for now.
